Lineup v Swansea - Match Thread

[Rangers77]

Have a look at where we've been fellas. Man U Spurs West Ham Swans Newcastle Chelsea Southampton.......All big sides or inform sides...we'll get better chances

Let's cling to this. All of them are in the top ten. Five of the seven we've played are in the top six. Thanks, Dave. It will get easier away from home. But can we play better????

[MYU]

I still say we will win more away from home then last time.

[Macca]

You have had to much to drink if you believe that.

[twranger]

#### that scored should be working in a take away, not bangin goals in against us.

oh dear.

[QPRDave]

Apologies Dave (and anyone else) bit strong from me just p issed off. I accept some teams are better then us and we will lose more then we win but come on there surely is a way to lose and currently away from home what were showing is not the way to lose. we don't go down fighting we surrender and feel to many on this thread are willing to accept efforts such as tonight. How can we justify tonights effort after what we saw against Liverpool and Man City???

As it stands we may as well not turn up away or rest all the players for the home games and give the likes of SWP, Rio, Mutch and the kids a run out as why risk the first teamers if your sending them out with zero intention of getting a result

No sorry west from me too...i'm trying to stay calm while being just as p*ssed off as you
I do understand your frustration and i feel so sorry for Chaz who might as well not be there.
I would have thought if we put some pace on the wings we could try hitting them on the break but The staff must think we're going to get mullered.....i'm guessing
Agree with your last paragraph and yes the city result shows we can go toe to toe

[West Acton]

It's all well and good defending as well as we did against a top 5 side, but if we don't go all out attack and leave ourselves totally exposed at the back, we aren't gonna do anything

OK in eight away games we have gone away showed no intention in attacking (as you support above) and come away with what to show for these back against the wall efforts???

Has it not dawned on people by simply sitting back it allows the home team to just continue attacking and attacking and attacking and throwing people forward. Perhaps if we had a go in the other direction they would throw less bodies forward and we may just have more of a chance as sticking ten men behind the ball is clearly not a good tactic so far this season!!!! lets give the opposition something to think about going in the other direction

[QPRDave]

Let's cling to this. All of them are in the top ten. Five of the seven we've played are in the top six. Thanks, Dave. It will get easier away from home. But can we play better????

That's what i'm trying to do mate just cling on and hope. I can't accept my team are down or rubbish. But behind that hope i too like you and west just don't understand
the thinking...but hoping come saturday 10 to 5 ..we are back in the winning groove....Although as West and all of us can see, what follows is an away game...so we have
think about getting at teams and going on the front foot at some point

[DeepcutHoop]

Exactly myu....and now the toys are flying....they destroyed Arsenal and us and most other teams who have been there...4th best home record in the lge.
I understand the frustration that our fans see us not trying but they are not stupid men they can see what we see, but they obviously think we need to congest
the mf.

It's no that the payers are not trying. They are clearly doing what they are told, as they have done every away game for the last 2 years.

We absolutely coated some of our midfielders last year for their negative play. One of the ones that was written off as too #### for the Championship, is playing for the Swansea team that we're apparently not good enough to even consider hoping for a win against.

It's so frustrating to know that whatever momentum we get at home, gets immediately quashed by the next away game, when we kill it by our away tactics. I understand that going for it away may not result in any better results, but it makes no odds if we're going to lose every game playing like we are anyway.

[MYU]

Like when Chaz passed the ball to his left and no one was running alongside him, that was not even funny.

[Rangers77]

It's no that the payers are not trying. They are clearly doing what they are told, as they have done every away game for the last 2 years.

We absolutely coated some of our midfielders last year for their negative play. One of the ones that was written off as too #### for the Championship, is playing for the Swansea team that we're apparently not good enough to even consider hoping for a win against.

It's so frustrating to know that whatever momentum we get at home, gets immediately quashed by the next away game, when we kill it by our away tactics. I understand that going for it away may not result in any better results, but it makes no odds if we're going to lose every game playing like we are anyway.

Very good post.

[Kevin Mcleod]

Thought I was the only one that didn't rate Fer

Fer Out!

[twranger]

up and down like a tarts drawers...

[West Acton]

Thought I was the only one that didn't rate Fer

Hes not a player for away games in my book way to weak and invisible. Can see the potential and ability in him but away given how we are playing you need players with heart and grit. now if we went out to have a go and attack he worth starting but while Harry wants to nick a point why pick him it goes totally against the game plan

[vanhoop]

Fer and Ned were woeful tonight. that bad that both should be dropped for Saturday

[stainrodisalegend]

Hes not a player for away games in my book way to weak and invisible. Can see the potential and ability in him but away given how we are playing you need players with heart and grit. now if we went out to have a go and attack he worth starting but while Harry wants to nick a point why pick him it goes totally against the game plan

From the off our entire midfield with the possible exception of Vargas was strolling about. We need intensity. And when we do have the ball, they need the confidence to turn with the ball and play a short pass to a player in space. Instead they were running towards their own goal and passing it back to the renowned ballsmith that is Richard Dunne. Inviting pressure. That said I don't know what the answer is. Go all out attack and with our defence we cd let in six or seven.